After winning top prizes at prestigious piano competitions in Italy, Germany, and the former USSR, Leon Livshin began to draw inspiration for his concert performances as much from the times in which the music was written as from the music itself, exploring the Zeitgeist in which the composer was immersed: 'Whether it's Chopin or Scriabin – it is the idiosyncrasies of the composer and his times that help shape the interpretation of each score,' he observes.

A pioneering artist of wide-ranging musical interests, Mr. Livshin performs extensively throughout Europe and the United States. He also acts as a creative consultant to a variety of concert series and festivals in the New York City area.

As a soloist and chamber music player, Mr. Livshin has performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, Vienna Konzerthaus, the Zurich Tonhalle, Moscow's White Hall, the Harvard Music Association, and at the United Nations. He has also broadcast on National Public Radio, as well as on classical music radio stations in Boston and Rochester. His recent collaborations have included the Borodin Quartet, the Borromeo Quartet, Philip Setzer (the Emerson Quartet), Pamela Frank, Julian Milkis and Dmitri Berlinsky.